"I carry themes in my mind for years before I will try to compose them. I've got themes that will last me now 'til I die."

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Source : Andrew Lambirth, R. B. Kitaj (2004). “Kitaj”, Philip Wilson Publishers

R. B. Kitaj

#Years Quotes #Mind Quotes #Trying Quotes

“White people set goals, rappers 'chase paper', and the Chinese are too busy doing both to talk about either one.”
“I have told myself a hundred times that painting - that is, the material thing called a painting - is no more than a pretext, the bridge between the mind of the painter and the mind of the spectator.”
“I am somewhat uncertain whether there is a definite factual question as to whether natural language handles truth-value gaps ... Nor am I even quite sure that there is a definite question of fact as to whether natural language should be evaluated by the minimal fixed point or another, given the choice of a scheme for handling gaps. We are not at the moment searching for the correct scheme.”

Source : "Philosophical Troubles: Collected Papers". Book by Saul Kripke, 2011.
“With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.”
“You are the cause of your own joy or your own misery. You hold that power. You are your own friend and your own enemy.”
“I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door.”
“Vin Diesel and I have different approaches to life. We found a respect for one another but we were such opposite ends of the spectrum. The reason why it's worked is because we are so different. I don't know if we necessarily found a stride together because there are certain days I still want to crack him in the head! But he looks at me and there are days he wants to crack me in the head too. Then there are times he'll look at me and say, 'Man, I wish I could be more like you,' and I'm like, 'F**ker, I wish I could be more like you!'”
“I don't Botox. I've never Botoxed.”

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